Memento takes Kim’s ‘Ellen’ for France

Deal follows Sundance screening

PARIS — Memento Films Distribution has acquired French rights to “For Ellen,” the third film from So Yong Kim (“In Between Days,” “Treeless Mountain”).

Playing to upbeat reviews in Sundance’s U.S. Dramatic Competition last week, East Coast-set “Ellen” stars Paul Dano (“Little Miss Sunshine,” “Meek’s Cutoff”) as a struggling rock musician making a last-ditch attempt to gain shared custody of his daughter Ellen.

Memento sealed French distribution at Sundance after “Ellen’s” screening.